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Ways to Strengthen Your Freelance Career While Balancing Caring Responsibilities
Working in the Arts as Freelancers, Parents and Carers Pursuing a freelance career in the performing arts is complex and requires lots of planning and energy. When you add little ones into the mix, it may seem an even more daunting task. But it’s not...
Lay Member Sought for BAPAM’s External Mental Health Scrutiny Group
BAPAM is looking to recruit a Lay Member for our External Mental Health Scrutiny Group. What do we mean by a Lay Member? A Lay Member is someone who has personal experience of using health or care services. They may also represent a community affected by the...
BAPAM Reports Growing Need for Dedicated Performing Arts Health Service
As we mark our 40th anniversary in 2024, the need for dedicated health support in the performing arts is greater than ever.We are thrilled to be celebrating BAPAM’s 40th anniversary in 2024. When the British Performing Arts Medicine Trust was founded...
PAMA Performance Arts Medicine Symposium, London, July 2024
Celebrating our 40th anniversary in 2024, BAPAM will co-chair PAMA’s 42nd international performance arts medicine symposium in London in July We are thrilled to be co-chairing the 42nd Annual PAMA International Symposium in London from 18-21 July. The symposium will...
Why You Should Put Rest First on World Sleep Day 2024
Do you fall asleep in seconds? Or do you need to count a few sheep before you drift off? To celebrate World Sleep Day, we're looking at rest and relaxation and how it can affect your performing arts career. From the benefits of good sleep to tips for...
How to Navigate Socialising as a Performing Arts Professional
As a performing arts professional, looking after your health is critical. But caring for your health doesn’t only involve getting good rest, eating a balanced diet, and checking in with your body. There’s scientific evidence that social relationships...
7×7 Journaling Challenge
Our guest blog this month is by Nicky Torode, a coach, journaling facilitator and writer, who works with BAPAM on healthy practice training. Second month in. How have your 2024 intentions bedded in? Those needs and wants for the year...
5 Benefits of Attending BAPAM’s Online Events
When was the last time you joined an online event? Never? Don’t worry if online workshops are a foreign concept to you. You’re not the only one! Today, we’re looking at the many advantages of online events and what to do if you’re anxious about...
Research: Career Identities and Wellbeing of Musical Theatre Performers
Emma Risley is a Postgraduate Researcher from the University of Sheffield investigating the wellbeing of professional musical theatre performers in the UK. She is particularly interested in the role that identity plays within performers' experiences...
Research: Psychotherapists’ Experiences of Working with Clients Affected by Sexism or Misogyny in the Music Industry
Researcher, Janine Ellis, is exploring the experiences of counsellors and psychotherapists working with clients who are affected by issues of institutional/interpersonal sexism or misogyny in the music industry. It aims to look at how prevalent these...
Malady in the Melody: Performance-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Orchestras
Thanks to Dr June Sheren for contributing this article (adapted from Article for Lay Readership, Performing Arts Medicine Masters Dissertation 2022, UCL). Dr June Sheren is a Family Physician/General Practitioner from Singapore with special interest...
Bridging Mind and Body
Published in Therapy Today, BAPAM Counselling Psychologist, Monia Brizzi’s article Bridging Mind and Body describes how a complex systems approach helped a musician identify and understand the emotional roots of his physical symptoms. Thank you to...
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